The move came in a bid to save the declining film industry and restore its glory.

LAHORE (Dunya News) – The Pakistani cinemas are all set to screen Iranian and Turkish films after the Indian content is banned from the country.

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The move came in a bid to save the declining film industry and restore its glory.

The industry was previously surviving with the aid of superior-quality Indian movies but after the imposition of the ban it is somewhat trampling.

Pakistan Film Distributors have begun to contact Iran and Turkey for the import of their movies.

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The public has also agreed to the decision.

They are of the view that along with entertainment people will also receive employment benefits.

“The public will fondly watch Urdu-dubbed Turkish movies if they are screened in the cinemas,” said one person.

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Film distributors suggest that the film industry’s economy will boost if Turkish and Iranian movies are exhibit in Pakistani cinemas.

Tensions between India and Pakistan have soared since grenade-hurling militants raided India’s Uri army base near the de-facto border dividing Kashmir on September 18 in the worst such attack for years.

Following the raid, the Indian Motion Picture Producers Association, which represents a number of Hindi film industry employees, passed a motion banning Pakistani artists until relations improve.

Pakistan’s Film Exhibitors and Distributors group responded by suspending the screening of all Indian films “until normalcy returns”.

Pakistan’s state-run media authorityalso banned all Indian content from television and radio networks. It threatened to suspend the licences of any station caught flouting the ban.

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Iranian, Turkish films to screen in Pakistani cinemas was last modified: November 10th, 2016 by greendecker